(DETROIT, MI - October 15, 2014) Grammy Award-winning producer and Stellar Award-winning artist J Moss was home alone on Tuesday evening, October 14, when fire broke out. The fire quickly spread though out the house, but Moss was able to escape. The cause of fire is yet to be determined. [...]
From a Press Release: The newly established independent label, A&P Records (Aquila & Priscilla), home to Louisiana based family group, The Showers, has signed an exclusive national distribution partnership with Habakkuk Music/INgrooves Fontana. Marketing and publicity efforts are powered by The J. Hardy Agency, LLC. "A & P Records are [...]
Charles Johnson, Patriarch Of Charles Johnson And The Revivers, Passes Away | SingingNews.com.
By Bob Marovich Hillsong UNITED was a big winner at the 45th Annual Dove Awards, held in Nashville, Tennessee, yesterday evening. The group took home Artist of the Year and its song, “Oceans (Where Feet May Fall),” scored four Dove Awards, including Song of the Year and Worship Song of [...]
Journal of Gospel Music Editor-in-Chief Bob Marovich has written the definitive history of gospel music from Chicago, the genre's birthplace. Available from the University of Illinois Press starting in April 2015. Read more here: UI Press | Robert Marovich | A City Called Heaven: Chicago and the Birth of Gospel Music. [...]
Rev. Joe Williams informed the Journal of Gospel Music yesterday of the passing of Charles Johnson. Johnson was a gospel quartet singer and recording artist who worked with the Sensational Nightingales and Gospel Consolators, and fronted his own group, Charles Johnson & the Revivers. Johnson died of a massive heart [...]
JGM received word today from the Chicago Area Gospel Announcers Guild that Bro. Nash Shaffer Jr. passed away after an extended illness. Shaffer's "Sunday Morning Golden Gospel" radio program was a staple of the Chicago airwaves for many years. His love for, and knowledge of, classic gospel music was limitless. [...]
By Bob Marovich, Editor-in-Chief Christian rapper Lecrae has done what, to my knowledge, no gospel artist has ever accomplished: hit number one on the Billboard 200 – the list of the biggest-selling albums of the day. This would be a noteworthy achievement at any time, but it is particularly striking today, [...]
Here's a link to a fascinating article about Kenneth Slaughter, vocalist in the original Wings Over Jordan. Rev. Joe Willams of Philadelphia informed JGM today that Mr. Slaughter just passed away. Mr. Slaughter was one of the last of the original Wings Over Jordan singers still living. Kenneth Slaughter & [...]
Congratulations to all of the nominees for the 45th Annual Gospel Music Association Dove Awards. The GMA Dove Awards ceremony will be held at Allen Arena of Lipscomb University, Nashville, Tennessee, on Tuesday, October 7, 2014. Here are some of the nominees (from the GMA website): Gospel Performance of the [...]
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